Lightfoot Farms Airport
8MN4 · Vesta, Minnesota · Redwood County · map
Lightfoot Farms Airport is a private airport, 5 miles west of Vesta, Minnesota, 975 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 09/27, is 2,040 feet of grass.
Private use: permission from the owner is required before landing here.
The airport facts, runways, radio, fuel and services, the FAA's remarks
The airport
- Codes
- FAA 8MN4
- Kind
- Airport · private use, permission required · privately owned
- Elevation
- 975 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Fuel and services
- no fuel reported; the services card below
- On the chart
- Omaha sectional
- In the FAA's files since
- March 2020
Runway
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09/27 | 2,040 × 60 ft | Grass |
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
The FAA's record lists no fuel or services for this airport.
Nearest fields reporting jet fuel: Southwest Minnesota Regional Marshall/Ryan Field (14 nm west), Redwood Falls Municipal (19 nm east), Windom Municipal (38 nm southeast), Willmar Muni/John L Rice Field (41 nm northeast).
Nearest fields reporting avgas: Southwest Minnesota Regional Marshall/Ryan Field (14 nm west), Tracy Municipal (15 nm south), Granite Falls Muni/Lenzen-Roe-Fagen Memorial Field (16 nm north), Redwood Falls Municipal (19 nm east).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in Minnesota · avgas.
Who flies and works here aircraft registered in town, the companies, the examiners nearby
Aircraft registered in Vesta from the FAA register
1 aircraft are registered to owners in Vesta, Minnesota: 1 piston single. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in Minnesota.
Safety record the NTSB's cases at or near this airport
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records
No NTSB accident or incident records name this airport.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Vesta 1 aircraft · 1 piston singles
- Accidents and incidents in Minnesota 1,542 since 1982 · 207 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in Minnesota 146 landing places
- Minnesota 6,936 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/8MN4.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 27, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.